In the next moment, a whirlwind of slaughter swept up again on the outskirts of the Burial Wilderness.
One hour later, as a skeleton turned to flying ash, an extremely faint stream of warmth was born out of thin air, injecting into Fang Zhou's skeleton clone.
Immediately after, his skeletal body began to transform dramatically!
The height of the skeleton clone grew from just over one meter seventy to one meter eighty, and the bones that constituted its body grew much sturdier.
Clearly still slender bones without a trace of flesh, yet they gave a sense of robustness.
Fang Zhou grasped his bone hand and looked at the attribute panel.
[Clone] Skeleton
[Tier] Apprentice · Middle Rank
[Attributes] Strength 5, Constitution 3, Agility 3, Spirit 3
[Equipment] Skeletal Long Spear (Gray Inferior)
[Skills] Skeletal Armament (Instinct), Brutal Strike (Beginner)
[Soul Power] 10
Not only did the four-dimensional attributes of the skeleton clone increase, but its tier also rose to Apprentice Middle Rank.
Now, he can continuously cast the Brutal Strike skill 5 times, greatly increasing his combat endurance.
Excited, Fang Zhou forcefully endured the fatigue of his soul and began to wreak havoc again on those newly born weak skeletons.
...
Early the next morning, Fang Zhou arrived yawning at the classroom, still with faint dark circles under his eyes.
Last night he fought too late at the Burial Wilderness, killing dozens of skeletons, resulting in severe soul fatigue that did not recover even after a night's sleep.
However, fortunately, the results were gratifying.
Today, once his soul recovers, the skeleton clone can explore deeper into the Burial Wilderness.
Fang Zhou yawned again, and Bai Xiaochan beside him, curious, poked him and whispered, "Did you meditate very late last night?"
Fang Zhou nodded slightly, but didn't notice Ye Fan on the other side with a heavy expression.
His Demon Hunter is a combat profession, so he did not attend the meditation class yesterday, but he already heard about Fang Zhou's success in mastering the Meditation Method.
And now, seeing Fang Zhou obviously gifted yet not slackening and diligently cultivating, Ye Fan felt a huge sense of crisis.
He couldn't help but sigh, "Fang Zhou, you indeed qualify to be my rival."
At these words, Fang Zhou and Bai Xiaochan stared blankly at him.
Ye Fan, however, had already turned to look out the window, his face filled with the loneliness of a master.
...
The morning classes were still ideological and cultural ones, focusing this time on the laws and military rules that professionals must adhere to.
After decades of development, the proportion of human awakening just barely reached one-tenth.
This means the vast majority of humans are ordinary people.
Ordinary people lack combat ability, but they still play a crucial role in research, administration, trade, and other fields, serving as the cornerstone of human society.
Thus, the Human Alliance strictly prohibits professionals from oppressing ordinary people with force.
Faced with racial crises, the few traitors were long expelled from humanity.
Human society united unprecedentedly, maintaining very strong centripetal and cohesive forces.
Within the Human Alliance, there's not much infighting, which is something Fang Zhou is quite satisfied with.
He listened while silently resting, longing more for the Soul Calming Potion and Concentration Array.
With his current soul strength, he can only continuously control the skeleton clone for at most one hour of combat.
After that, he must rest fully for at least ten hours to recover his soul fatigue.
Whereas the Soul Calming Potion can speed up soul fatigue recovery, and the Concentration Array can reduce the burden of continuous combat from the skeleton clone.
Having them would definitely speed up his growth significantly.
However, unfortunately, not to mention the massive contribution points required, Fang Zhou cannot meet the basic requirement of E-level permissions for these two resources.
Just have to wait for the Simulation Battlefield to open, Fang Zhou sighed silently.
...
In the afternoon, on the wide training ground, a company of trainees was attending their first real combat class.
The instructor still was Lu Hu, who stood on the platform and shouted, "Students, today's class is divided into two parts.
In the first half of the class, I'll teach you some standard tactical moves, including basic running, sneaking, crawling, jumping, and rolling.
No matter if you're a combat professional, magic professional, or support professional, you need to watch and learn well.
On the battlefield in the future, these can save your lives.
In the second half, I'll test you to see the caliber of you new recruits!"
Instructor Lu Hu's teachings this time were very practical, and Fang Zhou was learning very earnestly.
Especially when he combined these standard tactical moves with the battle experiences of the skeleton clone from the last two days, his insights deepened.
As an Undead Mage, Fang Zhou's basic physical qualities weren't outstanding among the company of trainees.
Although the skeleton clone can feed back its attributes, due to too short a time and insufficient accumulation, his strength, agility, constitution have not yet grown.
Thus, he naturally has to put in more effort to keep pace with those strong combat professionals.
Two hours passed, and Lu Hu looked at these sweaty, panting trainees and nodded slightly.
He blew the whistle for class dismissal, and the trainees immediately collapsed on the training ground.
Lu Hu said, "No matter the type of combat, it boils down to attack, defense, control, displacement, and enhancement these five elements.
The tactical moves taught today embody the displacement element.
Fundamentals never change. Master these tactical moves, and you'll find learning displacement skills easier in the future.
Alright, rest for ten minutes, I'll prepare something fun for you."
Fang Zhou sat on the training ground, still savoring Lu Hu's teaching.
He planned to experiment with these tactical moves on the skeleton clone tonight.
Grind.
Grind.
Soon, Lu Hu controlled ten cylindrical robots back to the training ground.
Seeing the puzzled gazes of the trainees, Lu Hu smiled and said, "These are apprentice-level test dummies that can test your attack and defense capabilities.
Using the Abyssal Demon's weakest cannon fodder unit, Little Inferior Demon as a reference, an attack power able to break its scale armor frontally is 100, and a defense power able to block its claws is 100.
This test dummy has an attack and defense power of 100.
You can test to see how you compare to a Little Inferior Demon!
Who wants to go first?"
The company of trainees looked at each other, their eyes blazing with fervor.
Calf newborn calf, they were fearless, just awakening, at the height of self-confidence.
"Instructor, I'll go first!"
By Fang Zhou's side, Ye Fan decisively raised his hand.
With Lu Hu's indication, Ye Fan stepped up to the test dummy and took a deep breath.
"Vengeful Strike!"
He directly used the powerful initial skill acquired upon awakening Demon Hunter, delivering a punch to the test dummy.
As a deep fist print appeared, several large words instantly appeared on the dummy's display screen.
"Attack Power 65!"